Here we have Black Widow in-hand. The figure reuses the limbs from Shriek, but the torso and the head are new. The black leather suit remains a signature part of the character as always, and I like seeing a figure come with not just pinless joints, but improved torso articulation overall. The wrist guards and belt appear to be reused as well, but that is mostly expected. Not much else to say about deco, but I like that the zipper and buckle are picked out.
Her first head sculpt is perfect, though that is a compliment given to most Legends figures (even the crappy ones unless you're Tarantula). With her guns going bang bang, her articulation consists of a ball and neck hinge for the head, shoulder rotation, outward arm movement, bicep rotation, double-jointed elbows, wrist rotation, inward wrist hinges, butterfly joints, a diaphragm joint, a reverse ab-crunch joint, ball-jointed hips, thigh rotation, double-jointed knees, ankle hinges, and pivots.
She also has swappable gauntlets to simulate her either shooting or having them smoking from rapid fire. Side note, I am missing the smoke effect parts for the guns, apologies. On a side note, her alternate heads consists of her with a more uneven hairdo than the standard one as well as a shorter cut comparable to her more recent appearances, albeit with a few strands of hair covering one of her eyes. She also comes with hands that are more open and gestural.
This normally isn't something I bring up, but I feel that both this BW and Maximum Spider-Man have a lot in common with their high accessory count and new tooling. Granted, Spidey has more accessories, and new ones, but most of them are previously used, and while the proportions on Black Widow fit her as they are, Spider-Man has a lot more room for improvement overall. If the quality is the same as an import or if a display base and comic were included, maybe the Maximum would be worth its price tag. As it stands, the price difference is ludicrous.
Up next, we have Warbird, the original form of Carol Danvers. Long before the red replaced the black and long before she covered up most of her skin apart from her face and maybe hands. The skin tones are natural in this figure, though that's mostly because there is no new sculptwork to the torso. I guess that isn't much of a necessity, though it does mean that the details of her costume are tampographs. On the plus side, her boots are raised in relief around the thighs, making the need to paint the body parts unnecessary. Her sash is a separate piece, though it flops around on her waist.
The articulation is the same as before, though she comes with two heads: one with a stern expression with her hair flowing and another with more neutral hair with a fitting expression showing (and a bit of her teeth showing, too). I kind of wish the faces were swappable or they had the same thickness for the domino mask. Oh, and there are reused effect parts that wrap around the hands.
A variant exists as the Dark Warbird, a form used by the character Moonstone as a member of the Dark Avengers led by Norman Osborn. This costume could also be used for regular Carol, and it matches her appearance in Earth's Mightiest Heroes for anyone wanting to make a collection for that show instead of regular Marvel continuity. While Warbird isn't as great as Black Widow, especially with her accessory count, she is still a figure I would recommend if it wasn't for her being scalped. Thankfully, she is a figure that isn't overly expensive, but you are better off getting the Dark Warbird version of you can't get the classic look. Just be sure to keep either figure away from Rogue if you happen to have that mutant.
Final ranking: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ out of ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (for Black Widow)
⭐⭐⭐⭐ out of ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (for Warbird)
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